The rise of Anti-Capitalism | NYTimes
While economists have always welcomed a reduction in marginal cost, they never anticipated the possibility of a technological revolution that might bring those costs to near zero | 5 min read
The algorithm economy | The Atlantic
Today we rely on digital monopolies to organise and personalise our reading and shopping experiences. Is that so bad? | 5 min read
Anonymity vs. real identity | Chris Saad
‘Each medium (social network) has its own social contract, engenders its own user behaviour and allows the user to decide and declare something new about themselves. The fragmentation and inconsistencies between each medium are the entire point’ | 5 min read
How Airbnb solved the mystery of predictive pricing | Fast Company
If you’re not a real-estate agent, how can you know how much that spare bedroom is worth? | 7 min
The myth of common sense | TEDx
Why are the best economists, investment advisers and political pundits usually wrong when predicting the future? | 15 min video
A little metadata goes a long way | Ars Technica
Researchers are able to infer medical conditions, firearm ownership, and more, using a small amount of phone metadata | 8 min read
When food marketing was about getting people not to eat it | Cultural Compass
Circa WWI, food and the experience of eating were both portrayed as dangerous, violent, and unpleasant in an effort to make the starving Russian population forget the normalcy associated with these actions | 3 min read
The revolution is not being MOOC-ised | Slate
They promise equality of access to higher learning, but online courses will only succeed with better general education in place first, say two educationalists | 7 min read
Not-So-Zen and the Art of Voluntary Agreements | Slate
‘Google’s anti-copyright stance is just a way to devalue content. That’s bad for artists and bad for consumers’ | 8 min read
Game over and over and over | Slate
The extremely difficult Dark Souls II and the rise of ‘masocore’ gaming | 7 min read
Icons, because they are great | Adverblog
‘The main idea behind the spot was, however, not to celebrate the icons, but to show that all icons – real or imagined – are carefully constructed, by media, by culture and by us’ | 3 min read
The Gervais Principle | Ribbon Farm
The Office as management theory | 5 min read
From the archive: Why I never hire brilliant men | The American Magazine (1924)
‘Business and life are built upon successful mediocrity; and victory comes to companies, not through the employment of brilliant men, but through knowing how to get the most out of ordinary folks’ | 20 min read
How to have friends at work when you’re the boss | HBR
There’s plenty of research supporting the idea that having friends at work makes you happier and more engaged. But here’s what the research doesn’t address: friendships at work are tricky, especially when you’re the boss | 5 min read
Amazon is coming | Adnews
Digital customer experience wins in the game of seismic shifts | 5 min read
Rhonda and Ketut’s three-year love story for AAMI | Campaign AP
How insurance company AAMI and Ogilvy Melbourne capitalised on a campy love story that caught Australians’ fancy | 3 min read
Ogilvy Sydney draws on American Beauty to promote Primo bacon | mUmBRELLA
Ogilvy Sydney has revealed its first campaign for Primo Smallgoods since being appointed as its creative agency late last year | 2 min read
Seven insights that will help you engage with small business owners | MarketingMag
When marketing to business owners, it can be tempting to treat them as one big group. But to do so is to miss the real human nuances | 5 min read